Last week, my two current housemates and I, plus the lass whose room I have been subletting, got together for a night of delicious food, laughter, and friendship.

I count myself truly lucky to have found at this sublet not only a bed to sleep in and a kitchen to dance around (ooh! and stairs to get concussed falling down on!), but also three inspiring, passionate, driven, and wonderful women to become friends with.

Erin, thank you for sharing your career- and life-wisdom, and for the joy of playing duets together on the keyboard. Maíra, thank you for allowing me to borrow your room, for the Brazilian chocolate, and for always keeping an eye out for opportunities for me.

Sarah, thank you for everything that you are, for every late-night heart-talk and gigglefit, and for being someone I can’t conceive wasn’t always in my life.

Whole Foods, thank you for your contribution to our spread. Olives, thank you for hiding almonds within your depths; that was a delicious surprise. San Pellegrino, thank you for being so fizzy, both alone and as part of the cocktail I didn’t partake in because orange liqueur was involved.

Medjool dates, pecans, almonds, coconut sugar, and vanilla, thank you for being perfection. Thank you for joining together to create these no-bake vegan blondie gems for my housemate gems. Thank you for being delicious, and for providing a sweet ending to a night that was already very sweet.

You are so appreciate Hannah of every blessing that comes your way – there should be more like you in the world. I love the look of these perfectly rolled balls – mine never look that circular and there’s that coconut sugar again! xx

we have been eating medjool dates over the weekend and I think they taste so good I should make something with them but then they taste too good to waste on cooking – would like to make these but even more I love hearing about your dinner party with your housemates – sounds great company and great food

This isn’t cooking! It’s raw/no-bake. 😉 But I know what you mean; Medjools are intensely delicious on their own. But serious, at least pop an almond or a dab of nut butter inside, in place of the pit. Epic.

Health food stores should have it, but feel free to use palm sugar instead (or even turbinado or brown sugar). Caster sugar isn’t a good sub, though, because coconut sugar has a richer, more complex flavour.

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Hannah. Writer, editor, firm believer in socks, gin, laughter, buttered toast, cheesecake, and semicolons. Currently back in Canberra after two years living in Canada; heart tingling to see what happens next.